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4e Home Encounters Has a Home

August 17, 2010

The 4e Home Encounters project now has its own home on the web, at http://www.4ehomeencounters.com so if you are at all interested in the project, point your browser in that direction and get off my lawn. 🙂 In all seriousness, that’s where will be doing all the updates and announcements, as well as offering the […]

Dark Sun for the new DM

August 17, 2010

So you’re a newbie DM, and you’re trying to decide whether or not you are going to run a little bit of Dark Sun for your group. Here are a few things you’ll need to keep in mind if you do, as the standard fantasy fare won’t really apply to the world of Athas. And […]

DMing Your First Game In Public

August 11, 2010

One of the things I was looking forward to doing at Gencon was DMing my first game in public. You see, I’m not a great public speaker, in fact, I’m pretty terrible. I don’t do well in public arenas, and I’m very self conscious about my DMing abilities. Sure, I’ve DMed for some online friends […]

Update on Home Encounters

August 10, 2010

A quick update on my Home Encounters project, considering that yesterday’s post may have been a bit misunderstood and perhaps you think the project is dead… There is behind the scenes progress going on. We’ve determined the tier of play (it will be mid-heroic), we’ve determined a basic outline for a story that are now […]

My Gencon Experience. A Personal Post.

August 9, 2010

This post will be a weird one for me. This post is being written with very raw emotion present, along with a spinning head, and not passed through the filters of thought and etiquette. It will begin as one thing, and may end up as something else. It is definitely a stream of consciousness article, […]

Running a 2nd Lvl. Delve at Gencon

August 2, 2010

I decided to run a 2nd lvl. Chaos Scar adventure at Gencon this year. Right now it looks like it will be Saturday at 2pm. I have one player confirmed, and am looking for 4 more. I would prefer 4th Ed. newbies, but it is not a requirement, but I’d strongly prefer it……… So, here’s […]

Using the 3 Act Structure in your D&D game

July 30, 2010

I figured that before Gencon, I would do some writing about two subjects that I love: movies and D&D. So sit back, relax, and let me tell you about crafting stories for your game following a tried and true formula, the Hollywood Screenplay. Before I go on though, I’d like to say that while I […]

Regarding these crazy 4e rumors…

July 27, 2010

So a rumor dropped today like a neutron bomb all over twitter (first dropped by @criticalhits) that Wizards would cease publication of the core 4e books, and concentrate on Essentials. This was reported by Mana Nation, a Magic fan site. You can read the original post here. As you can imagine, everyone is up in […]

My 4e Sweet Spot

July 27, 2010

I had been running a campaign since the launch of 4e with 7-8 people. I figured with more people, I would always have a nicely populated table, considering there’s always someone who can’t make it, or his wife needs him for something, or whatever other circumstance will crop up. If a few people missed a […]

Gencon plans

July 24, 2010

While it is a bit egotistical in my part to assume that anyone would want to hang out with me at Gencon, I have gotten several messages about joining games with people, or just going to have a beer with some folks. I figured I’ll just lay down my plans for Gencon here, and see […]